Aqueous crude extract of Rhoeo discolor, a Mexican medicinal plant, decreases the formation of liver preneoplastic foci in rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 381-386

  Rosales Reyes, Tábata ^a   de la Garza, Mireya ^b   Arias Castro, Carlos ^a   Rodríguez Mendiola, Martha ^a   Fattel Fazenda, Samia ^b   Arce Popoca, Evelia ^b   Hernández García, Sergio ^b   Villa Treviño, Saúl ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE TLAJOMULCO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chemopreventive effect; Commelinaceae family; Hepatocarcinogenesis; Hormesis; Medicinal plants; Purple maguey; Rhoeo discolor

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; N (2 FLUORENYL)ACETAMIDE; N DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; RHOEO DISCOLOR EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LIVER CANCER; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; RAT; RHOEO DISCOLOR;

AGAVE ATROVIRENS; COMMELINACEAE; RATTUS; TRADESCANTIA SPATHACEA;

EID: 37349058202     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.10.022     Document Type: Article

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